Lent, Holy Week and Easter

Liturgy and Worship

The Stations of the Cross by Fr Frank O’Loughlin (Office for Worship 1987, 2000; revised edition 2007, Archbishop's Office for Evangelisation) A series of Stations of the Cross based on the version produced by the Congregation of Rites in 1975. The number of stations remains fourteen, however, those without scriptural foundation have been deleted (e.g. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus) and other important dimensions of the paschal mystery have been added, such as the Resurrection.
Celebrating the Triduum Eugene Duffy (Columba Press, 1999) A practical pastoral guide on how to maximise the celebration of, and participation in, the Triduum. The theology of each of the celebrations is simply outlined and there are suggestions and ideas on how ritual, décor, music etc, can be used to best advantage.
The Essential Lenten Handbook Redemptorist Pastoral Publication (Liguori Publications, 2000) This publication provides everything you need for a richer experience of the forty days before Easter. Covers a wide range of topics including A Short History of Lent, Traditional Lenten hymns, The penitential nature of Lent, Prayers of Confession and Reconciliation, Stations of the Cross, a Rule of Life for Lent and Daily meditations.
Stages on the Way Wild Goose Worship Group (1998) Contains worship resources for Lent, Holy Week & Easter. Includes litanies, meditations, monologues, poems, prayers, readings, scripts and symbolic actions.
Liturgies for Weekdays: Lent Flor McCarthy (Dominican Publications, 2007) Liturgies for Weekdays: Lent is designed to help towards celebrating Lent fruitfully. Its reflections and prayers enter into the baptismal and penitential character of the season. They provide pathways to a deeper appreciation of the mystery of Christ's passion. It provides for each weekday Mass of Lent • an introduction, • a Scripture note, • reflections which can be the foundation for a homily, • prayer of the faithful, • a brief concluding prayer/reflection.
What Am I Doing For Lent This Year & What Am I Doing for Triduum This Year Both by Fr Paul Turner (LTP 2000). Two workbooks that foster personal reflection and greater understanding of ourparticipation in the seasons and feasts centred on the paschal mystery.
The Three Days: Parish Prayer in the Paschal Triduum by Lawrence Johnson (FDLC 2001) Designed to help those responsible for preparing and ministering at the liturgies of the triduum, The Three Days provides practical guidelines for celebrating Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday and emphasises the unified character of the Triduum whilst providing ritual suggestions for the various liturgical components that comprise the feast as a whole.
Glory in the Cross: Music for the Easter Triduum by Dan Schutte (OCP 2001) Includes Glory in the Cross with corresponding verses for the three days, a new setting of Where Love is Found (Ubi caritas) and We Sing the Saviour’s Glory, an acclamation for use during the Passion.
Easter Praises: Eight Settings of the Exsultet (OCP 1999). approx. CD recording includes the chant version from the Sacramentary and A Song of Easter Praise by Christopher Willcock SJ. A recording can be a useful guide in the learning process. Music also available - $18.
Holy Week in the Parish Don A Neumann (The Liturgical Press, 1991) This book offers a "parish-retreat" model for the celebration of the central mystery of our Christian faith. It reviews the ritual directives for each day of Holy Week, summarises the history of these rituals, and gives suggestions for their pastoral application together with the foundational principles that inform the pastoral suggestions.
The Lent Book L C Pratt editor (Resource Publications, 1999) This comprehensive publication includes commentaries and planning guides, preparation tips, environmental suggestions, lenten stories and dramas, musical suggestions and reconciliation and initiation commentaries.